In 1978, Shannon Shuman received a life-changing lesson from her
fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Kaye Johnson. Decades later, Shuman
found the teacher who was the first person in a chain of helping hands
to a happy and healthy life.

Since the beginning of June, Eric Skog has been taking the paid leave
he's saved for the past two years to build his and his wife's dream
home. On Wednesday afternoon, he had to stop by the Army Aviation
Support Facility to sign his furlough papers.

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said before giving a
speech at the University of Utah Wednesday that shutting down the
government is the wrong way to oppose the nation's new health care
law.

Seven people die in home fires in the U.S.
every day on average, and
cooking is the leading cause. The disasters
prompted "prevent kitchen
fires" as the focus of fire prevention week
nationwide, and the Kendall
O. Bryant Fire Prevention Awareness Day in
Layton.